Month: September 2019
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Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa
The Grateful Dead inspire absolute devotion among their aging fans. We’re too young to be fans, but even so we trekked to the Dead’s house in San Francisco (we were in the city, it wasn’t a special journey). This album is a 50th anniversary reissue and it is reportedly their most experimental. While we’re still […]
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Marie Ythier: Une Rencontre (An Encounter)
The warm tones of the cello are what make this CD a pleasure to listen to, which is good, because the sleeve notes are technical and the ideas behind it analytical. Composer Tristan Murail is, say the release notes, “without doubt” one of the most significant figures in European contemporary music circles, and one of […]
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1. I. Mit Humor – Vanitas Vanitatum – Marie Ythier/Marie Vermeulin 2. II. Langsam – Marie Ythier/Marie Vermeulin 3. III. Nicht Schnell, baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Chronicle Series, Classical, Congleton Chronicle, early, funk, jazz, Jem Condliffe, Leicht – Marie Ythier/Marie Vermeulin 10. III. Rasch Und Mit Feuer – Marie Ythier/Marie Vermeulin 11. C’est Un Jardin Secret, Ma Fiancée, Ma Soeur, Marie Ythier, Mit Viel Ton Zu Spielen – Marie Ythier/Marie Vermeulin 4. IV. Nicht Zu Rasch – Marie Ythier/Marie Vermeulin 5. V. Stark Und Markiert – Marie Ythier/Marie Vermeulin 6. Attracteurs Étranges – Marie Yth, MSV28590, music, pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, soul, Une Fontaine Close, Une Rencontre (An Encounter), Une Source Cellée. – Marie Ythier 12. Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen – Marie Ythier/Marie Vermeulin/Samuel Bricault 13. Curiose Geschichte – Marie Ythier/Marie Vermeulin/Samuel Bricault 14. Hasche -
Caravan Palace: Chronologic
Caravan Palace is a French electronic music band based in Paris. They play electro-swing, which is as it sounds; possibly more popular on the Continent than this side of La Manche. Electro-swing combines swing and jazz mixed with modern dance. It can be an acquired taste; Mr Scruff and Jurassic 5 have written electro-swing tracks. […]
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David Helbock: Playing John Williams
Austrian jazz pianist David Helbock loves John Williams, as do we all (even if we don’t know it). Helbock’s problem is to make the music we know inside out sound fresh, and the music we don’t know sound interesting. As Helbock says, the music in the films is often “magnified onto a grand scale”, and […]
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Ed Sheeran: No 6 Collaborations
Sheeran has got to be an unlikely global star by playing bland tunes aimed at targeted demographics. You can snigger but he knows what he’s doing and he’s done better than you. You can’t get any bigger than global superstar so perhaps this album marks the end of his career plan phase one and a […]
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Helen Habershon: Found in Winter
This is a very accessible collection — perhaps too much so for people who view themselves as “classical music” fans. The cd has television mini-series written all over it. Moby famously licensed every track from Play and we could see a similar thing happening here. Habershon is inspired by the natural world and it is […]
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